Goal:  Create an article to be published in an international travel magazine integrating the value of comedy, the performing arts, and William Shakespeare. BOOKS Books on Shakespeare and his work are located in 822.3 and 822.33 in all libraries that use the Dewey Decimal System.  Check also for books on Elizabethan England and in the bio section for more useful titles for this project. Relevant numbers include 792.094 (Elizabethan theater), 942.05 Shakespeare's England, 942.1 Elizabethan London, B Shakespeare-- Shakespeare's biography

REF 822.33 OLS All things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakepeare's World

LIBRARY DATABASES Literary Reference Center History Resource Center (via EBSCO) Student Resource Center      Britannica SIRS netTrekker

Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Era

From lii.org

Shakespeare Illustrated
This site explores "nineteenth-century paintings, criticism and productions of Shakespeare's plays and their influences on one another." Browse a list of more than 100 artists or a catalog of plays and associated paintings. All paintings give at least the date, size, and medium, and many feature annotations. From a professor at the Emory University English Department.
URL: http://www.english.emory.edu/classes/Shakespeare_Illustrated/Shakespeare.html


Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
"An annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on the Internet." Presents a timeline, chart of contemporary events and publications, and a biography quiz. Includes links to full-text works, including various editions; study guides; Elizabethan theater; literary and historical criticism; Renaissance studies; and educational resources, such as courses and lesson plans. Searchable.
URL: http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/

Other selected sites:

• William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon: A Brief History
  Read about William Shakespeare's school and his life at this site that also offers links to Elizabethan food, costume, herbs and flowers.
• Shakespeare's Life and Times Home Page
  Shakespeare's life, the stage, society, history and politics, background of ideas, the drama, Literature, art, and music, some plays explored, reference and indexes, and the texts of the plays in their original spelling.
• Shakespeare Resource Center: The Globe Theater
  
  
• Elizabethan Times The official film site for the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes - a very different, strange, and fun site to explore. Especially the link below done as a look-alike to the National Enquirer.
• Absoluteshakespeare.com Quotes and other information